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Does Weighing machine measure normal force or gravity or both?
A weighing machine measures the normal force applied by an object.
However 2 forces act simultaneously on the machine ( normal and mg )
Under normal conditions (a=0) N=mg .
So this would mean that a ...
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Weight at an angle
My physics knowledge is pretty basic, somebody suggested that I'll get the definitive answer of below question here.
Imagine a barbell of mass m (kg) which is ...
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What is the weight of body on inclined plane? [closed]
If weighing machine is kept on inclined plane,and a person measures his weight on the scale,will he get less or more weight on scale
Acc to me mg cos theta will be shown in the weighing scale, so if ...
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Normal component of force exerted
Suppose a simple setup where a free load (red) is supported by an inclined plane (pink) and a block at the end of the inclined plane (blue) touching the load as shown:
Is the force normal to the pink ...
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What is weight at the particle level? How EXACTLY do atoms exert weight on each other?
This is what my intuition says about how the concept of weight works in a solid.
The light brown arrows are the vectors of gravitational force, the light gray parts are the electron clouds around ...
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Earth gravitational field [closed]
If the gravitational vector field of the earth is something as in the picture above, then the net field would sum up to zero by symmetry, but why don't we experience weightlessness?
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Reduced-gravity flight (A300 0-G): what is actually reduced?
I doubt I can hide from the effects of gravity when I'm close to Earth. We usually don't question this biker is fully experimenting gravity:
Source.
But with the well-known "reduced gravity" ...
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